101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB1425

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
725 ILCS 140/1  from Ch. 38, par. 165-11

    Amends the Criminal Proceeding Interpreter Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the appointment of an interpreter.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Criminal Proceeding Interpreter Act is
5amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
6    (725 ILCS 140/1)  (from Ch. 38, par. 165-11)
7    Sec. 1. Whenever any person accused of committing a felony
8or misdemeanor is to be tried in any court of this State, the
9the court shall upon its own motion or that of defense or
10prosecution determine whether the accused is capable of
11understanding the English language and is capable of expressing
12himself in the English language so as to be understood directly
13by counsel, court or jury. If the court finds the accused
14incapable of so understanding or so expressing himself, the
15court shall appoint an interpreter for the accused whom he can
16understand and who can understand him. In compliance with the
17federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the right to
18communications access through a sign language interpreter or
19other means shall extend to a person with a disability who is
20accused of a violation of any penal statute of this State.
21(Source: P.A. 88-201.)